A SERVICEMAN who died in Afghanistan earlier this year will have his memory honoured at the town’s war memorial in London Square.

Moves have been made to have Corporal Michael Gilyeat’s name inscribed in time for next month’s Remembrance Sunday services which this year actually falls on November 11.

Sefton Council has agreed to pay for the inscription.

The popular young man, who was known as ‘Gilly’, was travelling by helicopter when his team crashed in the Kajaki area of northern Helmand in May. Cpl Gilyeat, 28, was a photographer attached to the media operations team based at Regional Command (South) in Kandahar.

Michael’s father Mike Gilyeat Snr, expressed his pleasure that his son will be remembered in his home town. “It would be nice to remember Michael alongside all the other servicemen who honoured their country.”

A council spokesman said: “When a family member asks to have a name placed onto one of our many war memorials we contact the Royal British Legion and then the name is inscribed, with the council paying the cost.”

The late corporal’s name will follow that of Major Matthew Titchener inscribed on the memorial plaque under the heading Iraq 2003.

Major Titchener, Commanding Officer of 150 Provost Company The Royal Military Police, was killed when the unmarked jeep in which he was travelling with two others was ambushed in Basra. He was 32 years of age and his home was on Freckleton Road.

Meanwhile, an eternal tribute to honour servicemen who have given their lives for their country. will be unveiled next Friday, October 12 at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.

Major Titchener’s widow, Raqual, who has since remarried, welcomed the national memorial.

She said: “The Armed Forces Memorial will provide an eternal tribute to those we have lost. As important, for the first time, this memorial will recognise the equal, hidden and daily sacrifice of those whose lives go on without husbands and wives, parents, sons and daughters.”

The Armed Forces Memorial will list some 15,500 names of members of the UK Armed Forces (Regular and Reserve) who have been killed on duty, or as a result of terrorist action, through serving with HM Armed Forces since the second world war.

It also includes members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Merchant Navy who have died while serving in conflict zones.